“Pencilled in and Eager, with my head in the sand” rendition 2

Presented at Centre A Vancouver International Centre for contemporary Asian art in partnership with the 2025 Queer Arts Festival. This install was part of a group exhibition, “Portals” curated by Diane Hau Yu Wong and Mark Takeshi McGregor.

In this adaptation of the work, I hand-stitched together the collection of paintings to create a dangling sort of creature floating in the centre of the gallery space.

Remnants of handwritten letters previously displayed in the first installation of this work were also sewn into the structure. Small gaps within the piece allowed for viewers to peak inside, and see the work inside out. Often the structure would sway from the movement surrounding it.

“As it evolves, the piece reflects rapid movement through time and questions how we map queer temporality while challenging linear, colonial narratives.”

Find the curatorial text here.

I had the honour of presenting this work alongside five Vancouver based artists: Evan Matchett-Wong, Sena Cleave, Miles Saraswat, Christian Yves Jones, and Naomi Maya Leung 梁珮恩. In the background of above documentation: Miles Saraswat, Evan Matchett-Wong.